San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-02-11
TRAVELLERS NOTES.

w DCn I hWbkt III LUG ohN
looked out Of the window saw some OF
the widest and most beautiful scenery l
ever saw, although Ii ID winter time and
everything Is dry and barren. A per-
son should not miss the chance OF taking
a trip over this road II the opportunity
Is offered. In Benwood, West Virginia,
saw an engine never saw the like be-
fore. 1 call II two. storey engine, the
engineers cab being right over the
boiler. next to the smOke-stack. III
looked very curious To me, not having
seen anything like IL before In my life.
We Travelled along rivers all the way.
the track seemin Z 10 take the course OF
the rivers and creeks all the way. AT
Paramount, W. ", we struck the Monon-
gahela river and Travelled along u Tor
good many miles. Along these rivers
and creeks saw n good many mills and
they all use water power to run them.
At Paramount the time changed, and
had TO set my watch an hour ahead
of what Il was. This was =
very good thing as formerly you had
new time in almost every city you went
to and caused great deal OF trouble
from missing trains belt; now there 10
only three times In the Uuited States
from east to west. There are several
tunnels on this road aud some OF them
are mile long. f....
You see great many coke pits along
the road and 1t Is shipped from here
principally to the steel works, used In
the manufacture Of steel.
y From Grafton, West Virginia, to Ter
ra Alta, a distance Of sixty miles, IL re-
auired two engines 10 pull our train OF
five coaches, on account OF the steep
s, NJ lila. ,nr,her w. came to Deer
p.rt THIS IL Tho nIscs wb.re PresIdent
CIeyelau,i and his wife speut their sum-
,nar vana,i"n and a verv beautiful place
:. a. 20
~, ,ia.a wss nut nm and RIM nv the
raiir",t n"1n."v as a summer resort
and ,hav haze the grounds laid off I'm
dnuar gordens with handsome oottages
sc.ttarsG here and there.
If was sbont q n. m. when the train
ran into the station At Harper's Ferry.
of cnnrse where Harpers Ferry is mem
tioned .John RroWn,s name ia ALWAYS
assoc;"tad with n.
sow .Jobn browns fort and the
bouoas which tho IInion army occupied
Jurina tb. war hnt thew ,ooked bad. "A
tbar Rod f.IIen in rnins.
Harners Ferry lie. on the Potomac
river and ia in the center of three
,,nvn,s;ns which wonld form a triangle
~ a .traiabt lins were drawn from one
,nnnntaiS IN the other. This was a wild
"a tasn;ns,ing eIgbt IN me canned nv
The cold wind and rain and nv thoughts
ning On the stirrjno time thew had
enn,a yoars ouo at this Mace.
D. tba u,ay ssw an iron hat which
Job1 Rrown ia sunnosed TO have worn
~ 40 tho shona Of a snu,r loaf. The hat
/. IN The SmithsonIan institute nj Wash
ington'
'1ha arst ,bipy I want tn Gee In Tins
nIaca was WSshington,s monument.
irha f-s, cor,sr stone wss laid i'm lS1S
and was moi finished tilI few wears ago.
II Ia 555 foot high and * feet around the
haso II ia hniIt on the styIe of the
,"war On Gnvarnmept Hin only the
stora IA nsrfectIv smooth. II ia sifuated
in rho cepter of n marx.
Thors ore a orest MANY large and
very rice marks in the city and in the
s',ii,n ' an summer thew are verv nice
,,Pranas to stroII .hont and rest vourself
- Sanohss .re scattered ahoul all over
tbow In one of these narks saw A
hronye stetne IN General Jackson. on
bnrsa hock which was made Of cannon
no,,tnrad dnring the war The curiosity
obpnt Ills ia that the norge ia r,areI
SOot, on Ire hind laos and ths ststne Ia
b"Ianced nv ire own weight There are
I'll three If these in the world one at
NJ Orleans one at San Francisco ana
his ono In Wosbington. some people
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